EPISODE · Aug 8, 2016 · 23 MIN

Notorious RBG

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always been notorious! Impressed by legal victories over the red-baiting of McCarthyism, Kiki – RBG's childhood nickname – decided to become a lawyer. At Harvard Law she made Law Review, despite her sense that the few female students were regarded as exotic animals in a menagerie. This excerpt from her 2015 biography explores her origins.

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